Police search St. Louis mansion of couple who pointed guns at protesters

[jefferson1]

Reuters) - Police in St. Louis, Missouri, searched the mansion of a couple who brandished guns at protesters marching outside their home last month in widely seen videos, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said.
 

 

FILE PHOTO: Patricia McCloskey and her husband Mark McCloskey draw their firearms on protestors, including a man who holds a video camera and microphone, as they enter their neighborhood during a protest against St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo

The police arrived on Friday evening with a search warrant and seized a semi-automatic .223 caliber rifle, police said, apparently the same weapon wielded by Mark McCloskey during the June 28 incident. 

McCloskey, 63, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, 61, are both personal injury lawyers, and have said they were frightened for their lives when demonstrators protesting against police violence marched by their mansion on their way to the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson.

 

[Pitta]

[Naaperushiva]

3 hours ago, jefferson1 said:

Reuters) - Police in St. Louis, Missouri, searched the mansion of a couple who brandished guns at protesters marching outside their home last month in widely seen videos, the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department said.
 

 

FILE PHOTO: Patricia McCloskey and her husband Mark McCloskey draw their firearms on protestors, including a man who holds a video camera and microphone, as they enter their neighborhood during a protest against St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson, in St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. June 28, 2020. REUTERS/Lawrence Bryant/File Photo

The police arrived on Friday evening with a search warrant and seized a semi-automatic .223 caliber rifle, police said, apparently the same weapon wielded by Mark McCloskey during the June 28 incident. 

McCloskey, 63, and his wife, Patricia McCloskey, 61, are both personal injury lawyers, and have said they were frightened for their lives when demonstrators protesting against police violence marched by their mansion on their way to the home of St. Louis Mayor Lyda Krewson.

 

for what ....they have everyright to own their weapons....and use it when they feel threatened...

in this case clearly those protestors have no right o be their...that's a private property

[jefferson1]

2 hours ago, Naaperushiva said:

for what ....they have everyright to own their weapons....and use it when they feel threatened...

in this case clearly those protestors have no right o be their...that's a private property

Soon after the incident, Kimberly Gardner, the city's chief prosecutor, said she was alarmed by the videos and that her office was investigating a possible infringement of people's right to peacefully protest, saying in a statement that "intimidation or threat of deadly force will not be tolerated."

The couple have said they were within their rights to defend their property.

 

[Naaperushiva]

1 hour ago, jefferson1 said:

Soon after the incident, Kimberly Gardner, the city's chief prosecutor, said she was alarmed by the videos and that her office was investigating a possible infringement of people's right to peacefully protest, saying in a statement that "intimidation or threat of deadly force will not be tolerated."

The couple have said they were within their rights to defend their property.

 

Yes the couple were indeed protecting their property....those protesters clearly trespassed the private property 

[MRI]

2 hours ago, jefferson1 said:

Soon after the incident, Kimberly Gardner, the city's chief prosecutor, said she was alarmed by the videos and that her office was investigating a possible infringement of people's right to peacefully protest, saying in a statement that "intimidation or threat of deadly force will not be tolerated."

The couple have said they were within their rights to defend their property.

 

How  did they feel intimidation and threat when it is their f'ing right as per second amendment to carry weapons and protect themselves? Did they point at someone or swear at someone? from what I can see, I feel intimidated by huge crowds. Ask them to sit at home. If they want to peacefully protest, ask them to peacefully convene at a spot and protest. DOn't go around private properties as maniacs.